Contents -- Maps and Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1. Private Property Rights and the Public Interest -- 1. Rousseau's Revenge: The Demise of the Freehold Estate -- 2. The "Wisdom," but Uncertain Future, of the Wise Use Movement -- 3. Private Property Rights with Responsibilities: What Would Thomas Jefferson Say about the "Wise Use" Movement? -- 4. Turning NEPA on Its Head: Assessments That Advance Property Rights at the Expense of the Environment -- Part II. Private Interests in Public Lands -- 5. Land Tenure, Land Policy, and the Property Rights Debate -- 6. Markets and Ethics in U.S. Property Law -- 7. Leaving the Land Behind: Struggles for Land Reform in U.S. Federal Policy, 1933-1965 -- 8. Ecosystem Management: Who's Entitled? -- Part III. Land, Culture, and Place -- 9. Cultural Dimensions of Land Tenure in the United States -- 10. Forest Tenur and Cultural Landscapes: Environmental Histories in the Kickapoo Valley -- 11. Land Tenure and Ecosystem Management in Indian Country -- 12. The Political Economy of Land Tenure: Appalachia and the Southeast -- Conclusion: Who Owns America? -- Contributors -- Index.